New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-26
The coRoxET SIGHTED OFF rnr BIy$.
SEEN By THE STEAMER KANSAS ON MARCH -
PROBABLY AHEAD OF THE DAuxrIEss

ave have the report that the Dauntless has ar.v,
Roche's Point" read private dispatch from Bos,o. u
ceived at the Maritime Exchange yesterday The 90
of Captain Samucs would have been glad 10 have o.
frmat0n Of IT. but they only went the stre.r =
toast the Dauntless, in the hope that she had Gn.,h
first On the other hand the friends OF X. T. Bush 49,
OF the Coronet not ready to believe th,s
their favorite boat beaten, and at pronoune
the dispatch canard The probability is that the sep
in his great anxiety to give the first news. had mlsta
the sighting OF the Coronet in midocean by Cspt,I.
Geig OF the steamer Kansas, for the arrival OF ~
Dauntless.
Captain Gleig whose vessel arrived n. Boston fro-
Liverpool reported that March 10 in latitude 43 40
NORTH longitude 43' 49, west $3.50 miles Of sandv
Hook, he sighted schooner yacht flying signals r n
j. b." AS the Coronets signals r. ID. G. B"itva.
doubt this yacht that She under reef,S
foretrysaif and foresa, and she under stormd,
throughout barometer being then 290O. Them va
heavy running, but the yacht bowling along -
a seven-kn0t speed and all on board were well. This
would make her about seventy-f We miles north Of ~
course agreed upon before she sailed on the sonh
edge OF the Banks OF Newfoundland. This pod
position of the vessel sighted by the steamer Raga =
March Is, which is believed by 10 have
been the Dauntless As the Coronet must have bess
sighted at least thirty after the Dauntess Gun
posing to have been the Dauntless sighted by tia
Ruga and the Coronet was making knots an non,
the Coronet may be calculated to have been fifty miles m
the lead This would make gain OF twentyeight mlIes
in the distance between the two yachts from the tim,
they sighted BY the steamer British Prince on
March IA.
The two yachts had been out days when the Kan
sighted the Coronet, and allowing the rate OF
speed to be made the rest OF the journey tie Coronet
be expected to arrive at Roches Point az
Tuesday next.
PROBABLE WEATHER FOR THE YACHTS
Boston. March % CSpeeiaD-The following entries in
the log OF the Kansas viii be interesting as giving he
weather which the will The steamer lefths
dock at March ~ in a slight squat March
10, fine, clear weather northeast wind light; March IL
moderate northerly TO nOrtheasterly Winds March Is
northeast southeast winds moderate breeze and ina
clear weather. March 16 moderate southeast breeze and
fine clear weather. March II, southeast 10 southwest
wind squal with light rain; March IS, southwest to
northwest winds, fresh gale and very high March
10, westnorthwest wind fresh breeze aud hazy cloudy
weather, ship pungng into high head sea- This is the
record up TO the day the Coronet sighted The posi-
ton which the Corone sighted lies due east jus.
about 1000 miles from Boston The nearest land Is the
little Island OF Jaquet, which lies 800 miles to the
northeast and Flores OF the Azores 500 miles To tia
southwest This right the border OF the leo
limit and region at this of the year, due to the
sudden atmOspherical changes liable TO severe weather
In speaking OF the slight discrepancy between the entry
in his log and the signals, Captain Gleg said: II
thought likely had the letters wrong at the time, but
know the Dauntless and IL must have been the Corp
net" Chief Officer Faulkner, OF the Kansas said: I'VE
didn't know the signals because we have no list OF yacht
signals but knew before started that they
start ard we were the lookout for them We knew
was the Coronet because had straight stem. Them
moderate gale blowing and she was running TO the
eastward with foresa, jib headed mainsa, storm try
sail squaresa set She did speak with US at all
but simply ran up the signal letters of her name"